Evans has been forced out of Glasgow when his accreditation was refused after being informed he had been denied the chance to compete based on checks completed by the Home Office and Commonwealth Games officials

The Welsh welterweight did not travel with his team-mates to Glasgow on Tuesday after being informed he had been denied the chance to compete based on checks completed by the Home Office and Commonwealth Games officials.

In April, Evans admitted his part in a nightclub assault in Birmingham, for which he was ordered to pay a total of £1085 in fines and costs but it was not clear if this was the reason for the accreditation refusal.

The decision is understood to have been made by a Commonwealth Games accreditation decision board which is believed to consist of representatives from the Home Office, the Commonwealth Games Federation and Scottish law agencies.

A Home Office spokesperson said: “Proportionate and stringent checks are being undertaken on all those seeking accreditation to the Games. A rigorous process has been designed in partnership with the Games Organising Committee and Police Scotland to consider applications from Commonwealth Games Family Members for Commonwealth Games accreditation.

“We do not routinely comment on individual applications."

Commonwealth Games Federation chief executive Mike Hooper refused to comment on Evans’ individual case but said: “Before any of our member nations submit applications for accreditation they sign an agreement that if there is a negative background check they will not be eligible to receive accreditation.

“It is not a new process and in my experience is exactly the same as that applied to the Olympic Games and the World Championships of the respective individual sports.”

Glasgow 2014 chief executive, David Grevemberg added: “Every athlete is subject to the background checks that are conducted throughout the accreditation process.

“That’s made very clear up front and it was exactly the same process that was used in London 2012. We need to comply with UK-wide regulations.

“I think the nature of the Commonwealth Games is that this accreditation process starts in March and the team selections are roughly not until six weeks before the Games.”

Three English boxers have been allowed to compete in the last two major multi-game tournaments despite having criminal records.

Thomas Stalker and Olympic gold medallist Anthony Joshua were both allowed to compete at London 2012.

Stalker was convicted of assault and Joshua guilty of possessing cannabis and intent to supply the drug. Stalker was also able to compete in the Commonwealth Games in Delhi where he won a gold.

And Simon Vallily won a gold at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in 2010 despite serving time in a young offenders’ institution for a knife attack in 2005.

Evans’ became Wales most successful Olympic when he claimed a silver medal in the London 2012 after losing to Serik Sapiyev of Kazakhstan in the 69kg final.

Evans also created history in 2011, along with Andrew Selby, as they became the first Welsh boxers for 86 years to win European gold.

It’s the second blow to the Welsh boxing squad which has been reduced to nine after female fighter Ashley Brace was withdrawn after she was deemed ineligible because she was previously being involved in kickboxing.

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